• Current diabetes reports · Nov 2006

    Review

    Community-based programming to treat childhood obesity.

    • Vivien Morris.
    • Nutrition and Fitness for Life Program, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, 850 Harrison Avenue, Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center, Room 4S-21, Boston, MA 02118, USA. vivien.morris@bmc.org
    • Curr. Diab. Rep. 2006 Nov 1; 6 (5): 395-400.

    AbstractOverweight and obesity among children and adolescents have more than doubled in the past 30 years. This has in turn led to increases in debilitating chronic diseases in children, including type 2 diabetes mellitus. Clinicians may find community-based weight management programs to be useful adjunctive resources to assist youth and families to practice and maintain healthy nutrition and physical behaviors.

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